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Edgar Quero set a Sox record for switch-hitting catchers with 72 hits in 2025. Most hits in a season by a White Sox switch-hitting catcher: HITS—-PLAYER, SEASON 72—Edgar Quero, 2025 67—Yasmani Grandal, 2023 62—Chad Kreuter, 1998 56—Yasmani Grandal, 2021 55—Dioner Navarro, 2016 49—Yasmani Grandal, 2022 47—George Dickey, 1947 38—Joe Sudgen, … [Read more...] about NOV. 5TH @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: MOST HITS IN A SEASON BY A SOX SWITCH-HITTING CATCHER

My alphabetical-ish review of the White Sox 2025 roster continues with a look at NICK MATON: *Maton joins Danny Mendick, Oscar Gamble and Billy Hamilton as White Sox players to wear No. 0. Jacob Amaya wore 0 in 2025 after the Sox cut Maton. *Maton’s game-starting home run on March 30, 2025 was the second by a White Sox designated hitter and the first since Tim Raines … [Read more...] about 2025 @SOXNERD WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: NICK MATON (I SAID EVERYBODY!)

Jim Kaat is the Sox top winner among pitchers born in November. Most wins by White Sox pitchers born in November: WINS—-PITCHER 45—Jim Kaat 39—Clark Griffith 33—Tom Seaver 29—Roberto Hernandez 18—Bill Simas 13—Cy Acosta 11—Russ Kemmerer 10—Cal Eldred … [Read more...] about NOV. 5TH @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: MOST WINS BY SOX PLAYERS BORN IN NOVEMBER

Ozzie Guillen and Jeff Torborg were both named managers by the Sox on this date. Ozzie Guillen called Jeff Torborg the best manager he ever played for. Torborg respected Guillen so much he made him a White Sox captain and later gave him his first coaching job. Guillen parlayed that coaching job into the White Sox managerial post. It’s only fitting that these two … [Read more...] about TODAY (NOV. 3) IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: TORBORG (1988) AND OZZIE (2003) HIRED TO MANAGE